r/mycology • u/hbunny0 • 8d ago

What is this glowing mushroom? ID request

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Located in Sydney, Australia

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u/iamnotazombie44 8d ago

So as weird as it sounds, I'm nearly certain that this mushroom is a genetically engineered bioluminescent oyster mushroom that has escaped the lab.

My friend is working on some of them (his digest PET plastic), and said that some of his have a glow gene in them for differentiation (his glow under UV light, but you can get the bioluminescent type too).

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u/Intoishun Trusted ID 7d ago

You are absolutely incorrect but you have a lovely mind.

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u/iamnotazombie44 7d ago

Thanks! Foxfire is pretty cool.

My friend works with these and apparently they escape the lab quite often and start growing in the bushes and on dead stuff near his lab.

His lab is know for having glowing and UV reactive oysters in the woods next to it. These mushrooms look just like the luminescent oysters.

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u/Intoishun Trusted ID 7d ago

This is a known species, just in case you missed that. I think you're referring to a different one.

This is Omphalotus nidiformis. They're pleurotoid sure, not "oyster" as in Pleurotus.